Chondroitinase ABC Combined with Neurotrophin NT-3 Secretion and NR2D Expression Promotes Axonal Plasticity and Functional Recovery in Rats with Lateral Hemisection of the Spinal Cord

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 49, 2011, Pages 17788-17799

  García Alías, Guillermo ^a,g   Petrosyan, Hayk A ^b,c   Schnell, Lisa ^d   Horner, Philip J ^e   Bowers, William J ^f   Mendell, Lorne M ^c   Fawcett, James W ^a   Arvanian, Victor L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Northport Veterans Affairs Medical Center   (United States)

^c Stony Brook University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CHONDROITIN ABC LYASE; HERPESVIRUS VECTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2D; NEUROTROPHIN 3; PENICILLINASE; PROTEOCHONDROITIN SULFATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; LIMB MOVEMENT; MOTOR COORDINATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT TRACING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY EVALUATION; SPINAL CORD HEMISECTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD REGENERATION; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AXONS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BIOTIN; CELLS, CULTURED; CHONDROITIN ABC LYASE; CHONDROITIN SULFATE PROTEOGLYCANS; DEXTRANS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HYPERALGESIA; LOCOMOTION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEUROTROPHIN 3; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 83055160902     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4308-11.2011     Document Type: Article

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